Blue Heron Bridge Trolls

[mntlblok]

What is it with you and damaged fish.
Every time I see one with some ulceration or wound I think ah ha, another model for Kevin.
John

That reminds me. This needs some serious updating. . .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mentalblock/sets/72157626610423301/

Do you know how hard it's becoming to find something "different" to photograph??

 

[Biminitwist]

Really gross!
Looks like you been diving too close to the Nuclear power plant.
Kev- you don't need anything else to be different......
John

 

[blauvelt]

Don't know why I took this photo but finally a place to put it. Thanks

 

[mntlblok]

Really gross!
Looks like you been diving too close to the Nuclear power plant.
Kev- you don't need anything else to be different......
John

But I *so* hate to limit myself.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

Give him another day and he'll be halfway to China, now we know how all those exotic species get to the Bridge!

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

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[Pura Vida Divers]

Hello everyone,

Our next Blue Heron Bridge Twilight/Night Dive will be Friday, July 11th at 7:30pm. This is a FREE event!

For more information please visit: Blue Heron Bridge Night Dive: July 11th :: Pura Vida Divers

We hope to see you all there!

 

[jimw]

Today's viz 15ft more or less and milky! Temp 79 mostly but 81 right off the beach. We saw the tinyest Lion ever, 3 froggies, a real interesting tube anemone I must look up, AND a Pipefish big enough to actually get pics of with my cam! Very nice dive! A lot of students for a weekday--the front row parking was almost gone when we got there.

 

[JahJahwarrior]

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Sigh...I had forgotten the trick to embedding YouTube videos! Thank you, it's fixed now, I think!

I saw some really cool behaviours by some pipefish at the start of the dive. The Backscatter Macromate is key to getting shots of stuff like this with the GoPro and I think it should be considered required equipment for any GoPro users at BHB, but it has a shallow depth of field and unless you set the field of view to narrow, slightly blurry corners, so it isn't easy to capture moving fish in focus.

You can watch the jawfish go in and out of focus as he moves through the depth of field, and he's fast! Even slowed down to half speed or less. Then again, if I end up with a mouthful of sand, I'd spit it out fast too!

 

[Biminitwist]

Need to try to get parallel to him spitting sand/shell so he stays in the DOF, luckily they will give you loads of opportunity.
Saw a great juvenile yesterday and probably spent twenty minutes working the angles and creeping in closer.
Very happy with it.
John